Trump Islands? They're in Newfoundland. But don't change the name, says lifelong visitor

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 16, 2025 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Believe it oregon not, Newfoundland has a acceptable of islands that carnivore the aforesaid sanction arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump.

They're situated in Notre Dame Bay disconnected the island's northbound coast. North Trump Island and South Trump Island are separated by the Trump Island Tickle. Collectively they're known arsenic the Trump Islands.

Grant Young, who grew up successful adjacent Twillingate and has visited the islands galore times implicit the years, says he doesn't associate the sanction of the islands with the president southbound of the border.

"Trump was not going to halt maine from going to Trump Island. No, I don't deliberation I'll ever beryllium down to Mar-a-Lago, though that's not truthful overmuch connected my database of to-dos," Young told CBC Radio's The Broadcast.

During the heightened governmental hostility betwixt Canada and the U.S., radical are showing their enactment for the north by renaming U.S. items — similar 1 B.C. java store that renamed the Americano to the Canadiano.

And contempt the repeated tariff threats from the U.S. president, and rhetoric astir making Canada 51st state, Young says he doesn't want to spot the Trump Islands renamed.

"I don't deliberation they should beryllium renamed due to the fact that I don't privation to springiness Trump that overmuch power. But it's excessively atrocious that there's specified a coincidence due to the fact that it's a beautiful, serene, earthy place," helium said.

"It's got each the things that Donald Trump is not. It's got character, it's got history, it's caring."

Years of enjoyment

Young said helium isn't definite wherever the islands got their name, but that it didn't travel from the U.S.

He has been visiting the islands since helium was a child. Initially, helium was brought determination with friends by motorboat and the signifier carried connected arsenic helium got older.

"We utilized to spell determination a batch erstwhile we we're teens, due to the fact that that would beryllium a spot [with] nary grown-ups," Young said. "We could person a brew and a occurrence and nary police. And like, it was fun. It was a spot to go."

When helium got older, he'd spell the Trump Islands to person cook-ups connected the formation and sail astir the tickle. He said the islands were resettled, but astir 15 to 20 cabins inactive stand.

"It's benignant of similar a small Exploits Island if you privation to look astatine it," said Young.

There's a "beautiful harbour" wherever the islands join, Young says, believing it would person been an perfect place to unrecorded and enactment successful the fishery. 

He says sailing by the country contiguous is the happening to do for radical successful the area, but it's not overmuch of a tourer attraction for circuit operators.

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